Tuesday, December 16, 2008

These cookies are a cross between a biscuit and a cookie. The jam part of the equation is from the jam that's in the batter. But by adding a bit of extra homemade cinnamon crabapple jelly after baking, they transformed from cookie to breakfast treat without [any] guilt. The hint of ginger in them is nice, and maybe a few more spices like nutmeg, allspice or cardamom would be even tastier next time.

A few of us on Twitter were talking about the differences between muffins and cupcakes. One you eat before 11 am and the other after 11 am. One without buttercream frosting before 11 am and the other with frosting after 11 am. These cookies are another treat you can justify before 11 am if you add the jam or jelly and think of them as scones or biscuits instead of cookies!

I sprinkled some of the cookies with cinnamon sugar ("toast dope"). I also tried baking them in a madeleine pan, but they were too cakey for my liking. I even tried forming them into a heart surrounded by two candy canes. Cute and tasty but not so pretty. My favorite version was sprinkled with cinnamon sugar and a dollop of homemade jam (or in my case, homemade crabapple cinnamon jelly).

Tasting NotesThese cookies are a perfect little breakfast treat! They are easy drop cookies that don't spread much during baking. I could also see them as a base for thumbprint-style cookies. They're an all around easy cookie for your holiday cookie line-up.

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I love your reasoning for cupcakes vs. muffins and cookies in the morning! I also think that anything you eat before 11 a.m. has fewer calories than if you ate it later in the day :) Your cookies look great! Perfect with that morning cup of coffee :)

I love the fruit spread on top...makes them look like jewels. Pretty or not, the candy cane ones look amazingly good and interesting...where do you come up with these ideas? Great looking cookies...thanks for the links to others.

Oh, so weird! Your last 5 posts just poured into my RSS feed reader! What in the world happened!? Oh well, technology! :PThe cookies look yummy (more sugar=always better, heh heh)! Too bad about the candy cane hearts, though (how is it that one side melted and the other didn't? I think if both melted or both stayed solid, there's something in there!) :)

Shari,Totally agree with the rational of eating them as a breakfast "carb" (Ho Ho HO). Anyway, basically anyway you can rationalize it, right? So simple and just a nice little comfort cookies thing. Love the jelly on top.Happy Holidays! & Stay WarmAmyRuth